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Microsoft to establish its first datacenter region in Sweden
The new region is anticipated to include Microsoft Azure, with Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365, and Power Platform to follow.
October 2020
Microsoft to establish its first datacenter region in Taiwan
The new region is anticipated to include Microsoft Azure, with Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365 and Power Platform to follow.
Change in verification code SMS content
The verification code SMS content will remove "MSG & DATA RATES MAY APPLY" by early November.
Microsoft plans to establish new cloud datacenter region in Austria
The new region is anticipated to include Microsoft Azure, with Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365 and Power Platform to follow.
Microsoft plans to establish new cloud datacenter region in Greece
The new region is anticipated to include Microsoft Azure, with Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365 and Power Platform to follow.
September 2020
Redis Enterprise features on Azure Cache for Redis coming soon
Two new tiers will be coming soon in preview for Azure Cache for Redis through a collaboration with Redis Labs: Enterprise and Enterprise Flash.
Configurable backup storage redundancy options for Azure SQL Database coming soon
New Azure SQL Database backup storage options coming soon, including local and zone-redundant storage.
Azure Synapse Link for Azure Cosmos DB: SQL serverless runtime support coming soon
Run analytical T-SQL queries and build near-real time Power BI dashboards over Azure Cosmos DB data.
App Service Environment v3 in development--will launch November 1
The new Isolated v2 SKU eliminates the per instance stamp fee and features an updated, multi-network App Service Environment.
Update .NET to 4.7.2 for Azure Data Factory upgrade by 01 Dec 2020
Target availability: Q4 2020
Update .NET Framework Runtime to 4.7.2 or above to allow upgrade of Azure Data Factory Self-hosted Integration Runtime by 01 Dec 2020
May 2020
Change feed with full database operations for Azure Cosmos DB
Preview support for Azure Cosmos DB change feed with full database operations history will be available in the coming months. Users will be able to filter the change feed by operation type (write, update, or delete) and there will also be an option to include the previous version of documents in the change feed.
Serverless pricing model for Azure Cosmos DB
The serverless pricing model for Azure Cosmos DB is ideal for spiky workloads that don’t need sustained throughput. Serverless requires no resource planning or management, and will be in preview soon.
Point-in-time-restore (PITR) for Azure Cosmos DB
Azure Cosmos DB backup and restore capabilities will be enhanced with the addition of point-in-time-restore (PITR) in preview in the upcoming months. PITR will enable continuous backups of Azure Cosmos DB data and is designed to protect against accidental writes or delete
.NET Multi-platform App UI (.NET MAUI) announced
.NET Multi-platform App UI (.NET MAUI) will allow developers to build apps for any device from a single code codebase and project system, including desktop and mobile devices across operating systems.
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) resource provider on Azure Stack preview
The private preview of AKS on Azure Stack Hub will be available soon.
Azure Stack Hub fleet management preview
Six new Azure Stack Hub features will soon be in limited or public preview beginning summer 2020.
Azure Container Registry on Azure Stack Hub private preview
Announcing a private preview of Azure Container Registry on Azure Stack Hub.
FHIR Server on Azure Stack Hub
The open-source Microsoft Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) server is being packaged and released for Azure Stack Hub and Azure Stack Edge. Bringing the FHIR server for health data interchange to the edge will enable disconnected or intermittently connected scenarios.
Manufacturing solutions with AI in factories
Manufacturing customers, modernize your factory floors and get started with the intelligent edge by using an artificial intelligence (AI) solution that combines the power of Azure Stack Hub and Azure Stack Edge with computer vision - coming soon.
March 2020
Azure Stack HCI with accelerated AI and machine learning
Target availability: Q2 2020
Deploy accelerated AI cloud workloads and your own business logic, as well as other Azure services, to run on Azure Stack HCI via standard containers by using GPUs with Azure IoT Edge. This is done by using an NVIDIA graphics processing unit (GPU) with Azure Stack HCI using discrete device assignment (DDA) technology and running Azure IoT Edge in an Ubuntu virtual machine.
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